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申请留学签证

Clerk: Good morning! Today, I’m the interviewer for your visa application.

职员：早上好！今天我负责对你的签证申请进行面试。

Customer: Good morning, Sir! My name is Wang Ping from Beijing University. Here is my application form and all the documents.

顾客：早上好，先生！我是来自北京大学的王平。这是我的申请表和申请资料。

Clerk: Would you mind if I ask you some questions?

职员：你介意我问你几个问题吗？

Customer: Of course not.

顾客：当然不了。

Clerk: Why do you want to go to the United States?

职员：你为什么要去美国呢？

Customer: I’d like to go there for further study. Now I’m studying for a doctor’s degree.

顾客：我想去美国深造。我现在正在攻读博士学位。

Clerk: Will you get any kind of scholarship ?

职员：你有没有得到奖学金？

Customer: Yes, the school has provided me with full scholarship.

顾客：有的，校方已经给我提供了全额奖学金。

申请探亲签证

Clerk: Good morning! Today, I’m theinterviewer for your visa application.

职员：早上好！今天我负责对你的签证申请进行面试。

Customer: OK! Here is my applicationform and all the documents.

顾客：好的。这是我的申请表和申请资料。

Clerk: Why do you want to go to America?

职员：你为什么要去美国呢？

Customer: My son studies in the OhioStates University. And I want to visit him.

顾客：我儿子在俄亥俄州立大学学习。我要去探望他。

Clerk: Can I look at your letter ofacceptance?

职员：我可以看一下你的邀请函吗？

Customer: Of course. Here you are .

顾客：当然可以，给你。

Clerk: OK. Do you plan to go to Americaall by yourself or with your family?

职员：好的。你打算自己去还是和家人一起去？

Customer: I will go with my husband.

顾客：我准备和丈夫一起去。

Clerk: That’s right. We will contact you as soon as we get the news.

职员：好的。我们一得到消息就立刻通知你。

情景1： 询问旅行线路

Clerk: What can I do for you?

职员：需要帮忙吗？

Me: I want to go to Western United States for travel with my family.

我：我和家人想去美国西部旅游。

Clerk: OK! Let me introduce something to you.

职员：好的。让我给你介绍吧。

Me: What kind of tours do you offer?

我：你们都提供哪些旅行线路。

Clerk: We offer many kinds of tours.

职员：我们提供多种旅行线路。

情景2： 逗留时间

Clerk: How long would you like to stay in Western United States.

职员：你们在美西要逗留多久？

Me: About 11 days.

我：大概11天。

Clerk: There is a fourteen-day package tour. You will have 10 full days in those cities.

职员：有一个14天的包价旅游。你们将在那些城市呆满10天。

情景3：谈论价钱和内容

Me: That sounds good. How much is the tour?

我：听起来不错。这个旅行多少钱？

Clerk: $5000 each person.

职员：每人5000美元。

Me: What does it include?

我：包括什么？

Clerk: It include air fare , your hotel accommodations and the meals.

职员：包括机票、旅馆住宿和三餐。

情景1： 打听旅行社

Me: I should shop around for travel agencies.

我：我应该转几家旅行社，挑一挑。

Friend: That’s right. There are some over there.

朋友：对的。那边有几家。

shop around 逐店选购，货比三家

情景2： 网上搜索

Me: I looked up some travel agencies online.

我：我在网上找了几家旅行社。

Friend: Did you find anything good?

朋友：你发现有什么好的旅行社了吗？

Me: Not yet.

我：还没有。

Friend: I hope your search was successful.

朋友：我希望你能成功找到。

travel agency 旅行社

情景3：优惠条件

Me: I spoke with a travel agent. They gave me some reduced price.

我：我和几家旅行社谈过了。他们给了我一些优惠价格。

Friend: Wow! Can you tell me what they offered?

朋友：哇！ 你能告诉我他们提供了什么吗？

Me: I picked a great travel deal from the travel agency.

我：我从旅行社选了一个非常不错的旅行套餐。

travel agency 旅行社、旅行代理人

情景4：确定旅行社

Me: I decided on this travel agency.

我：我选定了这家旅行社。

Friend: Cool. Which one?

朋友：太好了。是哪家？

Me: China Travel Service.

我：中国旅行社。

情景4： 咨询花销预算

出门旅行，做旅游攻略时要对行程有个预算，包括吃喝住宿的花销，景点门票的花销，往返车票的价钱等。计算好旅行要花费的费用，以避免给旅行带来不必要的困扰。

Me: We’re going to Western United States for travel. Can you help me make out how much money shall we spend?

我：我们准备去美国西部旅游。你能帮我算算我们要花多少钱吗？

Friend: OK! According to your itinerary, the total amount is more than $5000.

朋友：好的！根据你们的行程看，总数要5000美元。

Me: Wow! That’s too expensive.

我：哇！太贵了。

Friend: First, it’s nearly $1400 that you should spend in transportation.

朋友：首先，你们在交通上要花将近￥1400.

Me: Oh, the transportation fee always takes a great part in the budget.

我：交通费在预算中总会占很大一部分。

Friend: Then you must pay a large amount of money for the hotel.

朋友：然后你们住旅馆要花一大笔钱。

Me: I think if we want to save money, we can choose some economy hotels.

我：我认为如果想要省钱，可以选择一些经济型酒店。

Friend: I’m afraid it will be small and dirty if you choose a cheaper hotel.

朋友：我担心如果你们选择便宜的旅馆会又小又脏。

Me: I heard the Holiday Inn. It’s a good choice, clean and economy.

我：我听说假日酒店。那是一个不错的选择，干净又经济。

Friend: You must take more money in case of emergency.

朋友：你们应该带多点钱以防紧急事情的发生。

情景3：旅游路线规划

随着生活水平的越来越高，也越来越多的国人喜欢出国旅游，如果是自助游就要自己规划旅行路线，对自己要去的地方做相关的了解。

Me: I will rent a car to go travelling with my family.

我：我和家人打算租车旅行。

Friend: That’s lovely. Where are you going?

朋友：太好了。你们准备去哪里？

Me: We’re going to Western United States.

我：我们准备去美国西部。

Friend: Western United States is the most popular tourist route.

朋友：美西是最热门的旅游线路。

Me: I heard the west is far more beautiful than the east.

我：我听说美国西部的风景比美东漂亮得多。

Friend: That’s right. You can go to these places, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas and beautiful Highway One.

朋友：对的。你们可以去这几个地方，如：洛杉矶、旧金山、西雅图、拉斯维加斯和美丽的一号公路。

Me: Is my first stop Seattle?

我：我的第一站就是西雅图吗？

Friend: Yes, your first stop is Seattle, the next stop is San Francisco, then Los Angeles, Las Vegas and you can drive along Highway One.

朋友：是的，第一站西雅图，下一站旧金山，接着是洛杉矶、拉斯维加斯，你们可以沿着一号公路开。

Me: It sounds good. We can do a lot of sightseeing.

我：太好了。这样我们可以沿途观光。